Could well be waiting to see who Prem teams name in their squads before going for our top targets.
I'd say £10m is expensive for the player Phillips is, so maybe the club think the same and are after loaning him but Liverpool will hope someone buys him.
None of us really know the full picture so I get your frustration, but I doubt the Ampadu money is all we had to use right now. I do think once you start getting beyond £10m for other possible deals, we'd need a sale of a good amount first.
